Commercial production company Superlounge has secured Deirdre Rymer and Rachel Paget of indie rep firm Blush to handle the West Coast. Additionally Ann Asprodites is on board to rep Superlounge in the Southeastern U.S….Marketing executive Jennifer Smith has been named senior VP and chief marketing officer at Avid, based in the company’s Burlington, MA headquarters. Reporting directly to Avid president and CEO Louis Hernandez, Jr., Smith will be responsible for driving all aspects of Avid’s worldwide market presence and growth, including its strategic positioning, go-to-market strategies, and all marketing disciplines within the organization. Her role will be vital in fulfilling the Avid Everywhere vision to help media organizations and content creators connect with their audiences more powerfully and efficiently than ever before through innovative technologies such as the industry-changing Avid MediaCentral Platform. Smith will also oversee Avid’s strategic collaboration with customers via the Avid Customer Association. Smith brings 15 years of senior management experience in technology marketing at major software companies both in the U.S. and internationally. She joins Avid from Progress Software, where she held increasingly senior leadership roles on the marketing team before becoming the company’s chief marketing officer and senior VP, and where she led a very successful re-branding initiative. Before her seven years at Progress, Smith held marketing leadership positions in several different companies in Europe, including Peoplesoft and Microsoft….
“F1,” “KPop Demon Hunters” and “The Pitt” Among Winners At Cinema Audio Society Awards
The sound mixing team on F1 topped the live-action motion picture category at the 62nd Annual Cinema Audio Society (CAS) Awards on Saturday night (3/7) at the Beverly Hilton International Ballroom. The evening honored excellence in sound mixing across motion pictures, television, and non-fiction programming, with industry leaders and acclaimed filmmakers gathering to celebrate the art and craft of sound. KPop Demon Hunters won the animated motion picture competition while Becoming Led Zeppelin took the feature documentary honor. Television winners included The Pitt, The Studio and Adolescence. Hosted by comedian, actor, writer and producer Chris Hardwick, the ceremony recognized outstanding achievements across seven competitive categories, along with the presentation of three special honors: the CAS Career Achievement Award, the CAS Filmmaker Award, and the inaugural Jeffrey S. Wexler Award for Advancement in Sound Technology. The CAS Career Achievement Award was presented by Benny Safdie to Academy Award®–winning re-recording mixer Skip Lievsay CAS (Gravity, No Country for Old Men, Roma). Academy Award®–winning director Guillermo del Toro (Frankenstein, The Shape of Water, Pan’s Labyrinth) was honored with the CAS Filmmaker Award, presented by Jon Favreau and Scott Gershin. Presenters throughout the evening included Jaimie Alexander, Eric André, Doug Jones, Kevin Nealon, Tig Notaro, Ron Perlman, Karolina Wydra, and “Weird Al” Yankovic. As previously announced, the Cinema Audio Society also presented the inaugural Jeffrey S. Wexler Award for Advancement in Sound Technology, honoring transformative achievements in non-linear technology for sound recording, editing, and mixing.... Read More